Friday, July 15, 2011

Yellow Nails

While my nail polish collection is adventurous, I am not. I'm always buying a million different colors, but usually stick to black, blue-black, purple-black...you get the idea. When I saw Kimora Lee Simmons on "Fashion Police" wearing a cobalt blue dress and sunshine yellow nails, I instantly became obsessed with this unusual (albeit trendy) look and knew I had to try it. So begins my foray into nail colors that are not shades of black.

I went to Walgreen's and picked up this Sally Hansen nail polish. It's Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go for a really neon, highlighter yellow shade, but I went with this true yellow. I'm kind of a polish snob, as I have this notion that drugstore polishes don't go on as well and aren't as opaque as higher-end brands. As you can tell in the picture, this polish probably needed three coats to be super opaque, but it wore really well. I can't tell you exactly how long it wears, as I have a bad habit of picking my nail polish off after a couple of days. If you're feeling the look but don't want to spend a ton on what will probably be a short lived trend, I recommend this polish, which cost less than three dollars.

Are yellow nails something you would try, or are you more of a polish traditionalist? Let me know what your favorite summer polish shade is in the comments! Xx